This is way off-topic, but poses some interesting questions. “Because it’s there!” Recently, I’ve been watching YouTube documentaries about mountaineering in the Himalayas, most notably the 1996 disastrous Everest expedition and the controversial 2008 K2 team climb, which also ended with fatalities. What struck me […]
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Yesterday I went to a customer’s house to fix a printing problem, which initially had me scratching my head. Her PC had recently been upgraded by her nephew to a Ryzen 5 32GB of RAM, NVMe, and an RTX GPU, which struck me as unusual
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RAMageddon! Back in August 2025, you could pick up a 32GB Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR5 kit for around $95. Today, that same kit will cost you over $400. That’s more than the cost of a PlayStation 5 Pro and is an indication of how the
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Earlier this month, Microsoft allegedly confirmed that it would be stepping back from its ‘AI everywhere‘ position, saying that it would address Windows features that matter to consumers, such as fixing bugs and ensuring a smoother experience. I never believed that for a second, bearing
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Beware Of WhatsApp scammers! Over the last couple of years, friends have had their WhatsApp accounts hacked by scammers who send them a code and then ask the victim to confirm it through their phone. Some have even lost thousands of dollars through similar WhatsApp
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What’s Going On At Xbox Gaming? With the departure/retirement of the long-serving Phil Spencer from Xbox, it was long assumed that Sarah Bond, president of Xbox gaming, would take over, but she has also left the company. Read the Microsoft announcement here. Both individuals together
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My first encounter with voice recognition was back in the mid-70s, while watching Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). In act two, Dr. Haywood Floyd arrives at the space station and passes through Voiceprint Identification, confirming his destination, nationality, and full name. This technology
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Up until recently, we subscribed to or had shared access to the following streaming services: HBO Max Disney+ Prime Video Paramount Apple TV ESPN (numerous) Netflix I should qualify here that most of the streaming prices in Argentina are considerably lower than in other countries,
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As 2025 has now come to a close, I’m reminded of the tech I acquired during that year, along with PC upgrades and mods I carried out. For me, it was both a challenging and exciting year in tech, so here’s how it turned out.
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In March 2016, DCT author Daniel Banks asked Are Smartwatches Just A Fad? Then, in September 2021, I wrote, I Just Bought My First Smart Watch!, followed by my most recent opinion in I Underestimated The Power Of Smart Watches, where I made mention of
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In my recent article Why Thousands Of Gamers Are Leaving Windows For Linux, I said I would install Linux on a spare gaming machine, and I completed the mission over the weekend. I’m fortunate to have plenty of hardware to play with, and since I
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Fellow DCT authors Jim Hillier and Terry Hollett have written extensively about Linux in its various forms, not least the growing number of Windows users migrating to Linux. There are many reasons for this, but one of the main ones is the extraordinary lengths Microsoft
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Considered one of the most important video games of modern times, Half-Life 2 was launched way back in 2004, and I still remember having the DVD shipped to me in Spain. But it was also the first time I had experienced digital game downloading because
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My First Smartwatch Back in September 2021, I bought a Samsung Gear 3 Frontier smartwatch and wrote about it in I Just Bought My First Smartwatch! I sold it a year or two later and reverted to analogue, but smart watches have improved considerably in
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